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PCC is 'farcical', says ex-director of public prosecutions
DATELINE: 6/2/10A leading lawyer has called this week for independent regulation of the press, and for "all credible media organisations" to withdraw from the "farcical" Press Complaints Commission. Sir Ken Macdonald, visiting professor of law at the LSE and the former director of public prosecutions, told an audience of editors and lawyers: "The press may think the PCC works, but they are living in a dream world. Nobody else does."
EFJ conference calls on EU to act on media and journalism crisis
DATELINE: 5/2/10
A conference organised by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) at the European Parliament has demanded fresh action from European political leaders to confront the media crisis that is overwhelming journalism.
CPBF condemns temporary shutdown for WikiLeaks
DATELINE: 2/2/10WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website that allows people to publish uncensored information anonymously, has suspended operations owing to financial problems. Its running costs including staff payments are $600,000 (£377,000), but so far this year it has raised just $130,000 (£81,000). WikiLeaks has established a reputation for publishing information that traditional media cannot. The website claims to be non-profit and relies on donations.
CWU blasts damaging Tory plans on broadband
DATELINE: 2/2/10The Communication Workers Union is appalled at Tory plans to break up BT and use part of the licence fee to fund superfast broadband. The Tories have made comments showing they believe that adopting market based solutions can make the UK the first major European country to have internet speeds of up to 100Mbps. They have said they are willing to end BT's "local loop monopoly" and allow rival operators to move in with their own ducts and fibre cables as countries such as Singapore and South Korea have done. They have also said that private investors being allowed to pay for better cabling would encourage competition, and that if the market failed to deliver, then 3.5% of the licence fee currently used to pay for digital switchover could be diverted to pay for broadband expansion
BBC research into lesbian, gay and bisexual portrayal 'welcomed'
DATELINE: 2/2/10The BBC decision to commission research into its portrayal of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people is a welcome, if somewhat belated, initiative. It comes in response to two decades of sustained – and often ignored – criticism of the BBC by LGB licence payers, journalists, campaigners and media analysts, writes Peter Tatchell.
Exposed - China's secret bans on media reporting
DATELINE: 1/2/10A new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on press freedom in China highlights the battle by local censors to control media commentary on a wide range of topics throughout in 2009. Banned topics range from events associated with social unrest and public protests against authorities, to reports of photos of an actress topless on a Caribbean beach.
Libel laws group announced
PCC Governance Review
Court tells Sky to cut ITV stake
As Haiti disaster unfolds , IFJ plans aid for victims in media and journalism
Alastair Campbell's 'unprecedented' role in preparing dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
CPBF submission to DCMS consultation on product placement on television
Subsidies for journalists: we say 'Yes'
Response to Digital Britain
Miners in the Front Line
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Nick Davies, Bad News: Benn Journalism Lecture 2009
DATELINE: 1/12/09Commercial imperatives are elbowing out truth in the UK media, says Nick Davies who reviewed media lies and the state of journalism in Britain today in the fourth Benn Lecture at Bristol Arnolfini Arts Centre on 26 November.
Bad News, 2009 Benn Lecture - mp3 12M
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al jazeera
AllConferences.Com - Directory of Conferences, conventions, exhibits, seminars, workshops, events, trade shows and business meetings. Includes calendar, dates, location, web site, contact and registration information.
Alliance for Lobbying Transparency
allmediascotland - a directory and portal for the scottish media industry
alter-eu - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation
arab media watch
archives of the weekly spin
bad subjects: political education for everyday life - from the University of California at Berkeley
bectu (broadcast, entertainment, cinematograph and theatre union)
Brass Check TV
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
british journalism review
campaign for freedom of information
Civil Rights Movement
columbia journalism review
committee to protect journalists
community media association
Corporate Europe Observatory: CEO is a European-based research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.
corporation watch (US)
cris - the campaign for communication rights in the information society
cultural studies mailing list (FAQ)
Disinformation - US site combining analysis, rumour, paranoia and alternative lifestyles.
ePolitix - get your own e-mail news feed
europa: 'an internet site covering Europe as a common area of freedom, security and justice' - web site of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs
European Institute for the Media
european journalism centre
global journalism review
global village cat - access TV worldwide
globalvision news network (a mediachannel initiative): GVNews.Net is a global syndicate of more than 345 independent local and regional news organizations that have joined to provide fresh and intelligent perspectives on global events — as seen through the eyes of experienced, professional journalists who are native to the regions about which they report.
ideosphere: non-profit media consultancy (sweden)
Index on Censorship - international campaign for free expression, based on publication and website
indymedia: independent media
information clearing house
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
international federation of journalists
International Network for Cultural Diversity
International News Safety Institute
International Women's Media Foundation - US based organisation aimed at increasing women's participation in the media.
jihad unspun - 'a clear view of the war against terror'
kurdishmedia.com
Liberty's 'yourrights' online provides information and access to advice on human rights issues such as free expression and privacy as well as information on the specific rights of various individuals and groups.
media alliance (US)
media communications policy resources (from Katharine Sarikakis of Leeds university)
media reform - us-based campaigning group also known as Free Press
media watch mailing list
media workers against the war
medialens: the real news from the US
michael moore's site
Middle East Media Guide
national union of journalists (UK & Ireland)
New book: Creating Fear - News and the construction of crisis, David L. Altheide
new internationalist
new internationalist online
notwar.net - quirky international peace group with details of hundreds of campaigning peace groups
NUJ Brussels branch
NUJ Glasgow branch
NUJ New Media industrial council
Observatoire Français des Médias (French only)
Ofcom website - the uk's broadcasting and telecoms regulator
One World
One World TV
pr watch's 'spin of the day'
Pressnet: Journalists, Journalism and Mass Media in Internet.
presswise
Public Voice, a voluntary sector coalition campaigning on citizens' interests in communications.
RAM (Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the Mass media) project bulletin
red pepper - campaigning journal & web site
save welsh tv
Schnews - weekly newsletter from: Justice? Brighton's Direct Action Collective
send e-mail to altmedia (you have to subscribe first)
signs of the times
sp media watch
spinwatch - monitoring PR and spin in the public interest (independent UK-based group)
stop war web site
subscribe to 'the weekly spin'
Taking Sides weblog on IRAQ
the memory hole
truth out - a US Democrat news site
undercurrents (for the news you don't see on the news)
US Free Press
vertigo - independent UK film magazine
VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer - working for quality and diversity in British broadcasting)
who owns what - from columbia journalism review
wordpower: books to change our world
working for change (US)
world association for christian communication (WACC)
world association of community radio broadcasters
world commission on the social dimension of globalisation (ilo)
writers' guild of great britain
